Joseph Duffy vs Mitch Clarke on July 7th. What are your expectations for Duffy after his last fight?

[Chael Sonnen]

Duffy - TKO ! If he improves his TDD he will be easily top 10 ,very good submission game and underrated boxing

 

[beefcake180]

Seeing how Poirier has done for himself has me feeling like Joe can still become a player in the division.

I think he should smoke Clarke.

 

[KootenayKid]

Duffy looked really good still, especially with the lack of high level experience going into the Poirier fight.

Good standup and he has a dangerous submission threat on the mat.

 

[Caicara]

Duffy 1st round KO

Clarke wins only by decision, if he fights ugly. Duffy is a legit blackbelt, don't be silly and overreact by mitch's sub

 

[what-wut]

I'd like to see Joe Duffy vs Conor McGregor I think it's a competitive fight.

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Duffy should win this.

I think he's better everywhere than Mitch.

You're smoking crack.

Mitch has a legit ground game.
About as legit as duffy's stand up.
& he's tough as fuck. Iaquinta was
putting hands on him for 2 rounds
before Clarke locked up one of
the more gorgeous brabo chokes
I've seen in a long time.

I got mitch by decision, possibly
a sub. & to address the OP: no,
I don't see duffy as championship
level yet. He hasn't really fought
anyone of note & the only person
he did fight who is close to elite,
pretty much shut his whole game
down. No answers in that fight...

 

[Mikey Palmice]

Clarke is a super nice dude, but he's getting slaughtered by Duffy.

 

[Cptn1NSAN0]

I still think he's a good prospect. He landed a great punch on Dustin and almost finished him early, he has some of the best boxing in the division and a tricky ground game. I think he beats Clarke by TKO and gets back on track.

 

[Rhood]

Duffy gonna destroy Clarke like the Terminator.

 

[BALLERSTATUSMCG]

love the way duffy fights... hopefully his TDD has improved

 

[shonuf]

Duffy has this.

Sure, he lost to Poirier, but he didn't show any signs of being a bad fighter (his TDD was the only real "hole" in his game).

I was mainly referring to his striking defense. His hand placement after throwing punches was pretty worrisome imo. He would drop his hand completely to his waist and not cover his chin. That's my biggest concern. If you do that you just can't rise to the highest level unless you have the great cardio and a top level chin.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Clarke's good but his striking is poor, Duffy will score another 1st round TKO. Headkick and punches.

 

[SKITZADACTYL]

needs to sharpen TDD, was beating poirier on the feet and duffy could very well be a top 5 striker at LW

will completely run through clarke.

 

[Wizzlebiz]

I really want duffy to win a couple in a row just so he can circle back to conor and sub the guppy again

 

[ArtemV]

Go Clarke, but he is probably gonna lose